Industrial hip-hop is a fusion of the dissonance and dystopian subject matter of industrial music with the rhythms of hip-hop. East Coast hip hop is the original style of Hip hop music that originated in New York City, USA, during the early-1970s Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a Synthesizer. The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded Sound from the 1870s through the 1980s Electronics refers to the flow of charge (moving Electrons through Nonmetal conductors (mainly Semiconductors, whereas electrical Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music.

Overview

The origins of industrial hip-hop are in the work of Bill Laswell and Adrian Sherwood. Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem Adrian Sherwood (born 1958 in London) is an English Record producer best known for his work In the late 1980s, Laswell's Material project began to take increasing influence from hip-hop. Material is a musical group formed in 1979 and led by Bass guitarist Bill Laswell. Adrian Sherwood was a major figure in British dub, as well as working with industrial groups such as Cabaret Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten, Ministry, KMFDM, and Nine Inch Nails. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Einstürzende Neubauten (ˈaɪnˌʃtʏɐʦəndə ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtən is an Avant-garde music band originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980 KMFDM are a German Industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. The first industrial hip-hop group was Tackhead, a collaboration between Sherwood and the house band for Sugar Hill Records. See also George Clinton 's side project Jimmy G and the Tackheads. Sugar Hill Records was the name of a Rap music Record label that was founded in 1974 by husband and wife Joe and Sylvia Robinson with Milton Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, from San Francisco, and Meat Beat Manifesto, from the UK, are also early representatives of the style. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was an Industrial hip-hop band active during the early 1990s Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an Electronic music outfit originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Industrial hip-hop groups tend to take a great deal of influence from Public Enemy's intensity, volume, and emphasis on noise. Public Enemy, also known as PE, is an influential hip hop group from Long Island New York, known for its politically charged Lyrics, criticism The industrial group 23 Skidoo and Miles Davis's album On the Corner are also important precedents for the style. 23 Skidoo are a British band playing a fusion of industrial experimental post-punk alternative dance rock and world music Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. On the Corner is a Studio album by Jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded in June and July of 1972 and released later that year on Columbia

Industrial hip-hop was carried forward by figures from a diverse number of scenes. Perhaps the most unlikely adopters were Justin Broadrick and Mick Harris, previously known for their invention of the grindcore style of extreme metal, while in Napalm Death. Justin Broadrick (born on 15 August 1969 in Birmingham England) is a British singer songwriter guitarist and drummer Michael John Harris (commonly known and credited as Mick Harris or occasionally M For the fictional character with this name see Grindcore (Transformers. Extreme metal is an Umbrella term, somewhat loosely defined for a number of related heavy metal subgenres that have developed since the 1980s Napalm Death are After participating in the jazzcore group Pain Killer with Bill Laswell, Harris's Scorn project delved into dark ambient and industrial hip-hop. Punk jazz describes the amalgamation of elements of the jazz tradition (usually the Free jazz and Jazz fusion of the 1960s and '70s with the instrumentation Painkiller (also officially known as Pain Killer) is a band originally formed in 1991 Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem Scorn is the project of former Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris. Dark ambient is a subgenre of Ambient music that features foreboding ominous or discordant overtones Subsequently, Broadrick began to work with Kevin Martin, previously of God (also a jazzcore group). Punk jazz describes the amalgamation of elements of the jazz tradition (usually the Free jazz and Jazz fusion of the 1960s and '70s with the instrumentation The later work of Broadrick's Godflesh, as well as his collaborations with Martin, Ice, Techno Animal, and Curse of the Golden Vampire, are prime examples of industrial hip-hop. Godflesh were an Industrial metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1988 by Justin K The Curse of the Golden Vampire is an album by electronic artists Alec Empire and Techno Animal, released in 1998 The last of these was also a collaboration with Alec Empire, from Berlin, who also participated in the style in a number of his albums. Alec Empire (born Alexander Wilke-Steinhof on May 2 1972 in Charlottenburg, West Berlin) is a German musician who is best known as a founding member of The German label Mille Plateaux developed the sound throughout their series of Electric Ladyland compilations. Mille Plateaux is an influential German Electronica Record label. Ice and Techno Animal also collaborated at times with El-P and other representatives of the Def Jux label. Definitive Jux is an independent Record label based in New York City, United States. DJ Spooky's illbient style is closely related to these developments in industrial hip-hop; Mutamassik takes influence from both, as well as from breakcore. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (born Paul D Miller,1970 is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental Hip hop musician whose work is often called " Illbient is a term coined by DJ Olive to describe the iconoclastic Music being produced by a community of artists based in the Williamsburg neighborhood Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of Industrial, jungle, Hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented The Coldwave/Industrial Rock band Acumen Nation also adopts a number of Hip-hop influences, as does, to a larger degree, the band's side project DJ? Acucrack. Industrial rock is a Musical genre that fuses Industrial music and Punk rock. Acumen Nation is an Alternative metal / Industrial rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. DJ? Acucrack is an Electronic music duo based in Chicago Illinois. Other recent additions to the genre include Rabbit Junk and Dr. Rabbit Junk is a Seattle based Digital Hardcore band formed in 2004 by former The Shizit Frontman JP Anderson Steel, whose work has often been described as "Hip-Hop Industrial Opera. "

While Broadrick chose to devote his attentions primarily to post-metal, Martin continued to apply industrial hip-hop to dancehall and grime with the Bug. Post-metal is a Music genre, a mixture between the genres of Post-rock and heavy metal, with roots in Progressive rock, Progressive Dancehall is a type of Jamaican Popular music which developed in the late 1970s initially as a more sparse and less political and religious variant of Reggae GrimE (Grim Engine is an Adventure game engine, created by Bret Mogilefsky at LucasArts using the Free software scripting language Jace Clayton, a Brooklyn native who expatriated to Barcelona and records under the names DJ /rupture and Nettle, is also devoted to the style, as well as to breakcore. DJ /rupture is the pseudonym of Jace Clayton, a New York -based DJ and producer. Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of Industrial, jungle, Hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented Filastine, a former member of ¡Tchkung! who records for Clayton's Soot label, also practices a politicized variety of industrial hip-hop. ¡Tchkung! was a Rock music band from Seattle Washington who blended guerrilla theater, "tribal" drumming and punk ethics The French label Cavage eventually devoted itself to the style, along with the Toulouse-based group les Trolls. Dälek, from New Jersey, is also a successful example of contemporary industrial hip-hop. Dälek (pronounced 'Die-a-leck' is an Alternative hip hop duo from Newark NJ.

Related genres

Industrial hip-hop is connected to (and sometimes confused with) the more experimental variants of trip-hop. Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. It also anticipates many of the developments of dubstep. Dubstep is a Genre of Electronic music that has its roots in London 's early 2000s UK garage scene Illbient is also adjacent to, and possibly a subgenre of, industrial hip-hop. Illbient is a term coined by DJ Olive to describe the iconoclastic Music being produced by a community of artists based in the Williamsburg neighborhood Contemporary industrial hip-hop is also closely connected to breakcore. Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of Industrial, jungle, Hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented

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